| Ezekiel 28:13
| Thou wast in the pleasures of the paradise of God: every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, the topaz, and the jasper, the chrysolite, and the onyx, and the beryl, the sapphire, and the carbuncle, and the emerald: gold, the work of thy beauty: and thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created.
| Paradise. Thou hadst every thing delightful at Tyre. (Calmet) --- Covering. Hebrew, "bandage;" diadem, (Haydock) or belt. Septuagint specify twelve stones. See Exodus 28:17. --- Pipes; music used at the coronation, which was celebrated as a birth-day. (Calmet) --- God gives and withdraws power from all kings. As long as they act well, they are in a sort of sanctuary. (Haydock)
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